Happy Vesak from Vietnam!

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  • Kyoshin
    Member
    • Apr 2016
    • 308
    #1

    Happy Vesak from Vietnam!

    This year Vesak falls on Ho Chi Minh's birthday, so it's extra festive here in Vietnam. I thought some of you might enjoy these photos I took of the action at Vinh Ngiem temple in Ho Chi Minh City.

    I sat zazen for a few minutes in front of the big Buddha while all the hustle and bustle flowed around me. It was a neat experience. I'm very lucky to get this experience.

    Edit: the bright circle in the last photo is a flashing multicolored animated LED light board that spins and swirls around all psychedelic-like. It is very popular in Vietnam to put them behind the heads of statues of Buddha, bodhisattvas, and various deities to creat the effect of a halo.

    Gassho
    Kyōshin
    Satlah

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    Last edited by Kyoshin; 05-19-2019, 04:42 AM.
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    • Amelia
      Member
      • Jan 2010
      • 4980
      #2
      I like the lights! The pictures are cool, thanks, Kyoshin.

      Gassho

      Sat today, lah
      求道芸化 Kyūdō Geika
      I am just a priest-in-training, please do not take anything I say as a teaching.

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        • Kyoshin
          Member
          • Apr 2016
          • 308
          #3
          Also notice the flames in the big cauldron. There were so many sticks of incense shoved in there that the heat from the whole mess would cause the cauldron periodically burst into a spontaneous bonfire. [emoji44]

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            • Jundo
              Treeleaf Founder and Priest
              • Apr 2006
              • 40760
              #4
              Always one for a party, and a party needs lights! Vesak is like a Buddhist Rave!

              Thank you for sharing!

              Gassho, J

              STLah
              ALL OF LIFE IS OUR TEMPLE

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                • Meian
                  Member
                  • Apr 2015
                  • 1720
                  #5
                  That is so beautiful! Thank you for sharing, Kyoshin. Love the photos and the celebration. <3

                  gassho
                  kim
                  st, lh
                  鏡道 |​ Kyodo (Meian) | "Mirror of the Way"
                  visiting Unsui
                  Nothing I say is a teaching, it's just my own opinion.

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                    • Kyoshin
                      Member
                      • Apr 2016
                      • 308
                      #6
                      Here's one I took from outside. You can see the pattern of the lights a little better. It's far away, but that was the only way I could get it on my phone's camera.

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                        • serenewolf
                          Member
                          • Apr 2019
                          • 105
                          #7
                          Happy vesak to all. It is so cool to hear and see from places all over the world.
                          Gassho
                          David
                          Sat/Lah

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                            • Washin
                              Senior Priest-in-Training
                              • Dec 2014
                              • 3810
                              #8
                              Beautiful pictures, thank you for sharing, Kyoshin.

                              Here's random shot I received from a local friend
                              who visited Trúc Lâm Pagoda of the Vietnamese Thien
                              tradition in Ukraine.
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                              Happy Wesak to all.

                              Gassho,
                              Washin
                              just sat
                              Kaidō (皆道) Every Way
                              Washin (和信) Harmony Trust
                              ----
                              I am a novice priest-in-training. Anything that I say must not be considered as teaching
                              and should be taken with a 'grain of salt'.

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                                • Nanrin
                                  Member
                                  • May 2018
                                  • 262
                                  #9
                                  Cool that the incense would randomly burst in the flames like that. Thanks for sharing the pictures Kyoshin.

                                  This vesak I didn't have the opportunity to go to the wat. I'm doing a delayed Ryaku Fusatsu at home today to celebrate instead.

                                  Nanrin (Southern Forest)

                                  St
                                  南 - Southern
                                  林 - Forest

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